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Revision as of 23:11, 7 October 2008
The road numbering scheme used in Jamaica covers freeways, primary (or A) roads, secondary (or B) roads, parochial roads and unclassified roads[1][2].
Freeways
Starting in the late 1990s the Jamaican Government (in cooperation with private investors) embarked on the Highway 2000 project to create a system of freeways, the first such access-controlled roads of their kind on the island. The project seeks ultimately to link Kingston with Montego Bay and the north coast. It is being under taken as a series of phases[3]:
- Phase 1a was the 33 kilometre Kingston-Bushy Park highway (in actuality, Kingston-Sandy Bay) and the upgrade of the Portmore Causeway, completed June 2006.
- Phase 1b Sandy Bay-Williamsfield (for Mandeville).
- Phase 2a Old Harbour-Ocho Rios.
- Phase 2b Mandeville-Montego Bay.
A Roads
| Designation | From | To | Via | Comments | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Kingston | Lucea | Spanish Town - Bog Walk - Linstead - Ewarton - Moneague - Claremont - Saint Ann's Bay - Falmouth - Montego Bay | 151 miles | |
| A2 | Spanish Town | Savanna-la-Mar | Old Harbour - May Pen - Porus - Mandeville - Santa Cruz - Black River | 96 miles | |
| A3 | Kingston | Saint Ann's Bay | Castleton - A4 junction west of Annotto Bay - Port Maria - Oracabessa - Ocho Rios | 63 miles | |
| A4 | Kingston | A3 junction west of Annotto Bay | Morant Bay - Port Morant - Golden Grove - Hectors River - Manchioneal - Boston Bay - Port Antonio - Hope Bay - Buff Bay | Eastern Jamaica coast road. |
B Roads
| Designation | From | To | Via | Comments | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | Cross Roads (Kingston) | Buff Bay | New Castle | ||
| B2 | Bog Walk | White Hall | Riversdale - Troja - Richmond - Highgate | ||
| B3 | May Pen | Browns Town | |||
| B4 | Trout Hall | Walderston | Frankfield | ||
| B5 | Shooters Hill | Jackson Town | Christiana - Albert Town | ||
| B6 | Montpelier | Shooters Hill | Balaclava - Maggotty - YS | ||
| B7 | Shettlewood | Baptist (A2 N of Black River) | Happy Grove - Newmarket - Struie | ||
| B8 | Ferris Corner (A2 E of Savana-La-Mar) | Reading (A1 W of Montego Bay) | Whithorn - Shettlewood - Montpelier | ||
| B9 | Lucea | Savana-La-Mar | Frome | ||
| B10 | Oxford | Duncans | Clark's Town | ||
| B11 | Falmouth | A1 north of Claremont | |||
| B12 | Freetown (A2 E of May Pen} | Toll Gate (A2 W of May Pen) | Lionel Town | Forms a rough semi circle S of May Pen, predominantly near the coast. | |
| B13 | Linstead | Oracabessa | Guys Hill - Gayle |
Parochial Roads
There are hundreds of these, too many to list individually.
Unclassified Roads
There are hundreds of these, too many to list individually.
See also
Notes and references
The primary references for this article include:
- Jamaica Road Map, General Drafting Company Inc., Esso Standard Oil SA Limited, 1967.
- Jamaica Road Map. Rand McNally and Company, Texaco, 1972.
Other references include:
- ^ Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004, Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005.
- ^ UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets A to M variously dated 1958-1972.
- ^ Highway 2000: Project Schedule Retrieved March 25 2007.
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